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Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Romulus 2/1/44; Westover 10/1/44; Presque Is 14/1/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-W] Thorpe Abbotts 16/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Terry, Co-pilot: Bill Peterson, Bombardier: Ralph Cotter, Radio Operator: Dick Howell, Waist gunner: Chas Anthony, Waist gunner: John Horn,Tail gunner: Carl Hampton (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Schremser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Aitken, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bain (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d off tailplane which tookTail gunner: Hampton with it, ship crashed Brookstreek, near Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3033. TERRY AND THE PIRATES.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3033 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database